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installer

installer

See also: înstâller and inställer

English

Noun

installer (plural installers)

  1. One who installs.
  2. (computing) A program that installs software and prepares it for use.

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French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Medieval Latin installō (to install, put in place, establish), from in- + stallum (stall), from Frankish *stall (stall, position, place), from Proto-Germanic *stallaz (place, position), from Proto-Indo-European *stelǝ-, *stAlǝn-, *stAlǝm- (stem, trunk). Cognate with Old High German stal (location, stall), Old English steall (position, stall), Old English onstellan (to institute, create, originate, establish, give the example of), Middle High German anstalt (institute), German anstellen (to conduct, employ), German einstellen (to set, adjust, position), Dutch aanstellen (to appoint, commission, institute), Dutch instellen (to set up, establish). More at on, stall.

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Verb

installer

  1. to install
  2. to place
  3. (reflexive) to settle

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

installer

  1. imperative of installere